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She said her uncle had twice been rejected for treatment at Carseview. Gillian was in Holyrood last week to watch Labour leader Richard Leonard put Nicola Sturgeon on the spot over the SNP’s record in mental health.

Before yesterday’s emotional debate, families said they’d been ignored for years.

Mental health minister Maureen Watt was sitting beside Robison in Holyrood yesterday. She said: “Should it be apparent the inquiry is not independent or that barriers to its work exist, the Health Secretary will use the statutory powers available to her to make this happen.”

Sarwar said: “It shouldn’t take raising these issue in this Parliament to get action.

“So I hope that means after their three-year struggle, today our Parliament can unite in solidarity with the families’ campaign, demonstrating to them that we have listened and we have acted.”